Erasmus Staff Mobility in the Building of a European Network: The Case of a Central European University
Abstract
:1. Introduction
- broadening and enriching the range and content of courses on offer at the participating institutions;
- creating and strengthening the links between HEIs;
- promoting exchange and experience regarding pedagogical methods;
- motivating students to take part in the mobility schemes;
- allowing students that do not have the possibility to go abroad to benefit from the international experience of foreign professors (internationalisation at home);
- knowledge-transfer infrastructure between HEI and enterprises.
2. Materials and Methods
3. Results
3.1. STA over Time
3.2. STA over the Geographic Distribution
3.3. STA over Scientific Disciplines
4. Discussion
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
Appendix A
References
- Stofkova, Z.; Sukalova, V. Sustainable development of human resources in globalization period. Sustainability 2020, 12, 7681. [Google Scholar] [CrossRef]
- Biasutti, M.; Concina, E.; Frate, S.; Delen, I. Teacher professional development: Experiences in an international project on intercultural education. Sustainability 2021, 13, 4171. [Google Scholar] [CrossRef]
- Marianowska, A. Doświadczenie mobilności w programie Erasmus a szanse na rynku pracy. Przegląd międzynarodowych raportów (en. Mobility experience in the Erasmus program and chances on the labor market. Review of international reports). Eduk. Dorosłych 2017, 77, 157–167. [Google Scholar]
- Baker, C.; Cary, A.H.; da Conceicao Bento, M. Global standards for professional nursing education: The time is now. J. Prof. Nurs. 2021, 37, 86–92. [Google Scholar] [CrossRef] [PubMed]
- Lee, A.; Quinn, M. Global health education in U.K. universities. Glob. Health J. 2021, 5, 155–162. [Google Scholar] [CrossRef] [PubMed]
- Grodotzki, J.; Upadhya, S.; Tekkaya, A.E. Engineering education amid a global pandemic. Adv. Ind. Manuf. Eng. 2021, 3, 100058. [Google Scholar] [CrossRef]
- Crawford, E.O.; Higgins, H.J.; Hilburn, J. Using a global competence model in an instructional design course before social studies methods: A developmental approach to global teacher education. J. Soc. Stud. Res. 2020, 44, 367–381. [Google Scholar] [CrossRef]
- Žalėnienė, I.; Pereira, P. Higher Education For Sustainability: A Global Perspective. Geogr. Sustain. 2021, 2, 99–106. [Google Scholar] [CrossRef]
- Ahmed Shafi, A.; Little, R.; Case, S. Children’s education in secure custodial settings: Towards a global understanding of effective policy and practice. Int. J. Educ. Dev. 2021, 82, 102379. [Google Scholar] [CrossRef]
- Furmankiewicz, M. Współrządzenie czy ukryta dominacja sektora publicznego? Koncepcja governance w praktyce lokalnych grup działania LEADER (en. Co-governance or hidden domination of the public sector? The concept of governance in the practice of “Leader” Local Action Group. Studia Reg. Lokalne 2013, 14, 71–89. [Google Scholar]
- Bazan-Krzywoszańska, A.; Skiba, M.; Mrówczyńska, M.; Sztubecka, M.; Bazuń, D.; Kwiatkowski, M. Green energy in municipal planning documents. E3S Web Conf. 2018, 45, 6. [Google Scholar] [CrossRef]
- Dąbrowska, J.; Dąbek, P.B.; Lejcuś, I. A GIS based approach for the mitigation of surface runoff to a shallow lowland reservoir. Ecohydrol. Hydrobiol. 2018, 18, 420–430. [Google Scholar] [CrossRef]
- Forys, I.; Tarczynska-Luniewska, M. Multivariate Analysis of the Condition of the Property Development Sector: Selected Local Real Estate Markets in the European Union. Int. Adv. Econ. Res. 2018, 24, 1–15. [Google Scholar] [CrossRef] [Green Version]
- Izakovičová, Z.; Świąder, M. Building Ecological Networks in Slovakia and Poland. Ekológia 2017, 36, 303–322. [Google Scholar] [CrossRef] [Green Version]
- European Commission. From Erasmus to Erasmus+: A Story of 30 Years; European Commission: Brussels, Belgium, 2017. [Google Scholar]
- European Commission EU Budget: Commission Proposes to Double Funding for Erasmus Programme. Available online: https://ec.europa.eu/commission/presscorner/detail/en/IP_18_3948 (accessed on 7 February 2022).
- Brandenburg, U.; Petrova, D.; Bugárová, M.; Kunc, M.; Stiburek, Š.; Tůmová, P. The Erasmus Impact Study Regional Analysis: A Comparative Analysis of the Effects of Erasmus on the Personality, Skills and Career of Students of European Regions and Selected Countries; European Commission: Brussels, Belgium, 2016. [Google Scholar]
- Nada, C.I.; Legutko, J. “Maybe we did not learn that much academically, but we learn more from experience”—Erasmus mobility and its potential for transformative learning. Int. J. Intercult. Relat. 2022, 87, 183–192. [Google Scholar] [CrossRef]
- Nogueiro, T.; Saraiva, M.; Jorge, F.; Chaleta, E. The Erasmus+ Programme and Sustainable Development Goals—Contribution of Mobility Actions in Higher Education. Sustainability 2022, 14, 1628. [Google Scholar] [CrossRef]
- De La Torre, E.M.; Perez-Encinas, A.; Gomez-Mediavilla, G. Fostering Sustainability through Mobility Knowledge, Skills, and Attitudes. Sustainability 2022, 14, 1349. [Google Scholar] [CrossRef]
- Vieira, M.-J.; Ferreira, C.; Rodríguez-Esteban, A.; Vidal, J. Towards Sustainable Development in Education: Implementing a VET System for In-Service Teachers in Albania. Sustainability 2021, 13, 8739. [Google Scholar] [CrossRef]
- Zacchia, G.; Cipri, K.; Cucuzzella, C.; Calderari, G. Higher Education Interdisciplinarity: Addressing the Complexity of Sustainable Energies and the Green Economy. Sustainability 2022, 14, 1998. [Google Scholar] [CrossRef]
- Alonso De Castro, M.G.; García Peñalvo, F.J. ICT tools highlighted and their usefulness during the pandemic: Erasmus+ projects related to eLearning. In Proceedings of the Ninth International Conference on Technological Ecosystems for Enhancing Multiculturality, Barcelona, Spain, 26–29 October 2021; Association for Computing Machinery: New York, NY, USA, 2021; pp. 219–224. [Google Scholar]
- De Benedictis, L.; Leoni, S. Inclusive universities: Evidence from the Erasmus program. Appl. Netw. Sci. 2021, 6, 83. [Google Scholar] [CrossRef]
- Levatino, A. What do exchange students value when choosing a destination for their study period abroad? A conjoint experiment. Glob. Soc. Educ. 2022, 1–20. [Google Scholar] [CrossRef]
- Van Mol, C. Intra-European student mobility and the different meanings of ‘Europe’. Acta Sociol. 2022, 65, 24–40. [Google Scholar] [CrossRef] [Green Version]
- Kosmaczewska, J.; Jameson, S. “Education First” or “Tourism First”—What Influences the Choice of Location for International Exchange Students: Evidence from Poland. J. Hosp. Tour. Educ. 2021, 1–16. [Google Scholar] [CrossRef]
- Dolga, L.; Filipescu, H.; Popescu-Mitroi, M.M.; Mazilescu, C.A. Erasmus Mobility Impact on Professional Training and Personal Development of Students Beneficiaries. Procedia-Soc. Behav. Sci. 2015, 191, 1006–1013. [Google Scholar] [CrossRef] [Green Version]
- Sudas, I. Europe in Mind: Social Representations of Turkey-Europe Relations in Case of Turkish University Students. Eur. J. Geogr. 2013, 4, 36–47. [Google Scholar]
- Bryła, P. The Impact of International Student Mobility on Subsequent Employment and Professional Career: A Large-scale Survey among Polish Former Erasmus Students. Procedia-Soc. Behav. Sci. 2015, 176, 633–641. [Google Scholar] [CrossRef] [Green Version]
- Koris, R.; Mato-Díaz, F.J.; Hernández-Nanclares, N. From real to virtual mobility: Erasmus students’ transition to online learning amid the COVID-19 crisis. Eur. Educ. Res. J. 2021, 20, 463–478. [Google Scholar] [CrossRef]
- Brandenburg, U.; Berghoff, S.; Taboadela, O. The Erasmus Impact Study: Effects of Mobility on the Skills and Employability of Students and the Internationalisation of Higher Education Institutions; Publications Office of the European Union: Luxembourg, 2014; ISBN 9789279383809. [Google Scholar]
- Marin-Pantelescu, A.; Tăchiciu, L.; Oncioiu, I.; Ștefan-Hint, M. Erasmus Students’ Experiences as Cultural Visitors: Lessons in Destination Management. Sustainability 2022, 14, 2553. [Google Scholar] [CrossRef]
- Osidak, V.; Drahinda, O.; Kvasova, O. Training the Trainers in Language Assessment via Mentoring: Building Expertise to Promote Language Assessment Literacy of Ukrainian University Teachers. Languages 2021, 6, 194. [Google Scholar] [CrossRef]
- Zajadacz, A.; Krukowska, R.; Durydiwka, M. Staff Teaching Mobility of Selected Polish Universities on the Example of Erasmus Plus Programme. In Academic Tourism: Perspectives on International Mobility in Europe; Springer: Berlin/Heidelberg, Germany, 2021; pp. 67–84. [Google Scholar]
- Fabbris, L.; Scioni, M. Pooling Rankings to Obtain a Set of Scores for a Composite Indicator of Erasmus + Mobility Effects. Soc. Indic. Res. 2021, 156, 481–497. [Google Scholar] [CrossRef]
- Marques, M.; Zapp, M.; Powell, J.J.W. Europeanizing Universities: Expanding and Consolidating Networks of the Erasmus Mundus Joint Master Degree Programme (2004–2017). High. Educ. Policy 2022, 35, 19–41. [Google Scholar] [CrossRef]
- Restaino, M.; Primerano, I.; Vitale, M.P. Exploring the Gender Gap in Erasmus Student Mobility Flows. In Studies in Classification, Data Analysis, and Knowledge Organization; Springer: Berlin/Heidelberg, Germany, 2021; pp. 173–182. [Google Scholar]
- Ajanovic, E.; Çizel, B.; Çizel, R. Effectiveness of Erasmus programme in prejudice reduction: Contact theory perspective. Bus. Tour. 2016, 17, 47–60. [Google Scholar] [CrossRef] [Green Version]
- Haj-Yehia, K.; Erez, M. The impact of the ERASMUS program on cultural identity: A case study of an Arab Muslim female student from Israel. Women’s Stud. Int. Forum 2018, 70, 32–38. [Google Scholar] [CrossRef]
- Ramírez, Y.; Tejada, Á. University stakeholders’ perceptions of the impact and benefits of, and barriers to, human resource information systems in Spanish universities. Int. Rev. Adm. Sci. 2022, 88, 171–188. [Google Scholar] [CrossRef]
- Gadár, L.; Kosztyán, Z.T.; Telcs, A.; Abonyi, J. A multilayer and spatial description of the Erasmus mobility network. Sci. Data 2020, 7, 41. [Google Scholar] [CrossRef] [Green Version]
- Breznik, K.; Skrbinjek, V. Erasmus student mobility flows. Eur. J. Educ. 2020, 55, 105–117. [Google Scholar] [CrossRef] [Green Version]
- De Soto, P. Network Analysis to Model and Analyse Roman Transport and Mobility. In Finding the Limits of the Limes; Verhagen, P., Joyce, J., Groenhuijzen, M.R., Eds.; Springer: Berlin/Heidelberg, Germany, 2019; pp. 271–289. [Google Scholar]
- Hossmann, T.; Spyropoulos, T.; Legendre, F. A complex network analysis of human mobility. In Proceedings of the 2011 IEEE Conference on Computer Communications Workshops (INFOCOM WKSHPS), Shanghai, China, 10–15 April 2011; pp. 876–881. [Google Scholar]
- Cao, J.; Li, Q.; Tu, W.; Gao, Q.; Cao, R.; Zhong, C. Resolving urban mobility networks from individual travel graphs using massive-scale mobile phone tracking data. Cities 2021, 110, 103077. [Google Scholar] [CrossRef]
- Xin, R.; Ai, T.; Ding, L.; Zhu, R.; Meng, L. Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on urban human mobility—A multiscale geospatial network analysis using New York bike-sharing data. Cities 2022, 126, 103677. [Google Scholar] [CrossRef]
- Create Spider Diagram (Desire Lines)—ArcMap | Documentation. Available online: https://desktop.arcgis.com/en/arcmap/latest/extensions/business-analyst/create-spider-diagrams-desire-lines.htm (accessed on 19 March 2022).
- Lanari, P.; Piccoli, F. New horizons in quantitative compositional mapping—Analytical conditions and data reduction using XMapTools. In Proceedings of the IOP Conference Series: Materials Science and Engineering, Chennai, India, 16–17 September 2020; IOP Publishing Ltd.: Bristol, UK, 2020; Volume 891, p. 012016. [Google Scholar]
- Szewrański, S.; Kazak, J.; Sylla, M.; Świąder, M. Spatial data analysis with the use of ArcGIS and Tableau systems. In The Rise of Big Spatial Data; Lecture Notes in Geoinformation and Cartography; Springer: Cham, Switzerland, 2017; pp. 337–349. ISBN 978-3-319-45122-0. [Google Scholar]
- Kazak, J.; Chalfen, M.; Kamińska, J.; Szewrański, S.; Świąder, M. Geo-Dynamic Decision Support System for Urban Traffic Management. In Dynamics in GIscience. GIS OSTRAVA 2017; Lecture Notes in Geoinformation and Cartography, Dynamics in GIscience; Springer: Cham, Switzerland, 2018; pp. 195–207. [Google Scholar]
- Kazak, J.K.; Szewrański, S.; Pilawka, T.; Tokarczyk-Dorociak, K.; Janiak, K.; Świąder, M. Changes in water demand patterns in a European city due to restrictions caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. Desalin. Water Treat. 2021, 222, 1–15. [Google Scholar] [CrossRef]
- Salcedo-López, D.; Cuevas-López, M. Analysis and assessment of new permanent teacher training activities under the Erasmus+ program from the perspective of the participants of spain in times of COVID-19. Sustainability 2021, 13, 11222. [Google Scholar] [CrossRef]
- Liu, T.; Willis, K. Cut and paste pedagogy?: Academic mobility, teaching practices and the circulation of knowledge. Geoforum 2021, 119, 11–20. [Google Scholar] [CrossRef]
- Trinity College Dublin. Erasmus Exchanges. Changing Lives. Opening Minds; Trinity College Dublin: Dublin, Ireland, 2020. [Google Scholar]
- Cerdeira Bento, J.P.; Martínez-Roget, F.; Pereira, E.T.; Rodríguez, X.A. (Eds.) Academic Tourism: Perspectives on International Mobility in Europe; Tourism, Hospitality & Event Management; Springer International Publishing: Cham, Switzerland, 2021; ISBN 978-3-030-57287-7. [Google Scholar]
- Ranking Szkół Wyższych Perspektywy. 2021. Available online: http://ranking.perspektywy.pl/2021/ranking/ranking-kierunkow-studiow/kierunki-rolnicze-lesne-i-weterynaryjne/weterynaria (accessed on 7 February 2022).
- Hou, Y.C. Quality assurance of joint degree programmes: What Asia can learn from Erasmus Mundus joint degree programmes in Europe. Glob. Soc. Educ. 2020, 18, 19–29. [Google Scholar] [CrossRef]
- Santamarta, J.C.; Mora-Guanche, A. Impact of Erasmus Master Programmes on Regional Innovation and Higher Education: The Case of The Canary Islands. Procedia-Soc. Behav. Sci. 2015, 191, 1255–1260. [Google Scholar] [CrossRef] [Green Version]
- Barata-Salgueiro, T.; Cachinho, H.A.P. Joint Degrees in Geography Higher Education: Potentialities and Constraints. Eur. J. Geogr. 2010, 1, 29. [Google Scholar]
- ScienceNet/Uniwersytet Przyrodniczy we Wrocławiu. Available online: https://upwr.edu.pl/en/research/projects/polish-national-agency-for-academic-exchange/sciencenet (accessed on 7 February 2022).
- PROM/Uniwersytet Przyrodniczy we Wrocławiu. Available online: https://upwr.edu.pl/en/research/projects/polish-national-agency-for-academic-exchange/prom (accessed on 7 February 2022).
- INCREaSE/Uniwersytet Przyrodniczy we Wrocławiu. Available online: https://upwr.edu.pl/wspolpraca/projekty/increase (accessed on 7 February 2022).
- Economy by SpacE | EYE Project | Fact Sheet | H2020 | CORDIS | European Commission. Available online: https://cordis.europa.eu/project/id/101007638 (accessed on 7 February 2022).
- Action CA17107—COST. Available online: https://www.cost.eu/actions/CA17107/ (accessed on 7 February 2022).
- Action CA17125—COST. Available online: https://www.cost.eu/actions/CA17125/ (accessed on 7 February 2022).
- Action CA17133—COST. Available online: https://www.cost.eu/actions/CA17133/ (accessed on 7 February 2022).
- Perez-Lopez, J.-B.; Orro, A.; Novales, M. Environmental Impact of Mobility in Higher-Education Institutions: The Case of the Ecological Footprint at the University of A Coruña (Spain). Sustainability 2021, 13, 6190. [Google Scholar] [CrossRef]
- Pedersen, T.D. Mobilising international student mobility: Exploring policy enactments in teacher education in Norway. Eur. J. Educ. 2021, 56, 292–306. [Google Scholar] [CrossRef]
- Gunn, A. The European Universities Initiative: A Study of Alliance Formation in Higher Education. In European Higher Education Area: Challenges for a New Decade; Springer International Publishing: Cham, Switzerland, 2020; pp. 12–30. ISBN 9783030563165. [Google Scholar]
- Mobility Project for Higher Education Students and Staff | Erasmus+. Available online: https://erasmus-plus.ec.europa.eu/programme-guide/part-b/key-action-1/mobility-project-for-higher-education-students-and-staff (accessed on 10 February 2022).
- Carthy, Ú.R. Telecollaboration: Creating International Bridges in Socially Distanced Times. TEANGA J. Ir. Assoc. Appl. Linguist. 2021, 28, 331–339. [Google Scholar]
Publisher’s Note: MDPI stays neutral with regard to jurisdictional claims in published maps and institutional affiliations. |
© 2022 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
Share and Cite
Kafarski, K.; Kazak, J.K. Erasmus Staff Mobility in the Building of a European Network: The Case of a Central European University. Sustainability 2022, 14, 4949. https://doi.org/10.3390/su14094949
Kafarski K, Kazak JK. Erasmus Staff Mobility in the Building of a European Network: The Case of a Central European University. Sustainability. 2022; 14(9):4949. https://doi.org/10.3390/su14094949
Chicago/Turabian StyleKafarski, Krzysztof, and Jan K. Kazak. 2022. "Erasmus Staff Mobility in the Building of a European Network: The Case of a Central European University" Sustainability 14, no. 9: 4949. https://doi.org/10.3390/su14094949